'Niagara Falls' shows the Niagara Falls in Canada and America. An animated diagram of the terrain from Lake Eire to Lake Ontario through the Niagara Falls. View of a wide river. View of fast moving rapids. The tourists on an island in the river. They walk along a path. The fall in the background. View of the falls from the river. The water falls and a bridge in background. Tourists stand at the lookout point near the edge of the falls. View of water flowing over the edge.
Film begins showing two men alone, walking gingerly on snow covered frozen river. Next, the Upper Steel Arch Bridge is seen (also known as the Honeymoon Bridge) spanning the Niagara River between New York, U.S.A. and Ontario, Canada, at Niagara Falls. Mist rises all along the river and obscures the view at times. Some large industrial buildings, emitting smoke from their stacks, are visible high on a cliff overlooking the river. Film concludes as Camera focuses on Niagara Horseshoe falls with plumes of water and mist rising dramatically.
Re-enactment of preparation for the birth of quintuplet girls to Mr. and Mrs Olivia Dionne on their farm at Callander, Ontario. A basket of clothes. Hand washing in basin. An actor (playing as Oliva Édouard Dionne, the father of the Dionne quintuplets) talks on the phone. Partially obscure woman puts a lid over a cookware. Mr. Dionne’s feet and shadow paces in his room.
Propaganda piece about living conditions in the People’s Republic of China under Mao Zedong, with images photographed by Indians visiting the country. Delegates from all over the world at an international conference. Representatives from Iraq, Canada, Romania, Australia, and Pakistan among others. Elderly Chinese communist revolutionaries pose. Mao Zedong's views (according to a narrator) are presented: He believes that war in inevitable between capitalist and socialist nations. View of a rally and military parade in China. Explosions during the Korean War in 1951 with Chinese troops in action. In Tibet, homeless, displaced Tibetan children and families after the Chinese take over in 1959 as part of Communist China expansion. Indian Army soldiers return after China's attack on India during the Sino-Indian War in 1962. View of Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev. Map of Asia depicts Chinese aggression towards its neighbors. Explosions during the Chinese aggression in Vietnam and Laos. Mao Zedong intent on risking a war with the West.
Crowd gather at the re-running of Orpen Classic in Toronto, Ontario. Horses race on the track. Lots of people standing at the inner ground see the race. Commentators speaking on microphone and the race proceeds. Bunty Lawless, horse number 2 wins.
A horse named 'Willie the Kid' wins the Kings Plate in Toronto, Ontario. People watch from the stands. Horses arrive at the track. The race starts, the horses run on the track. People cheer from the stands. 'Willie the Kid' wins the race. It is brought forward.